Associate Manager, Fundraising and Partnerships

About The/Nudge:

The/Nudge is an action institute building resilient livelihoods to alleviate poverty. We work with women, farmers, tribals and youth on rural development, agriculture, skilling and economic inclusion, along with 15+ central and state government partners.

Our economic inclusion journey for 25 million Indians, has reached 10 states with $250M of government funding to cover 1.25M people. Our incubator, accelerator and grand challenges have supported 200+ social entrepreneurs including 17 Forbes 30U30, 3 EarthShot Prize winners, 1 Time Magazine cover and more.

Set up with support from 90+ eminent philanthropists , 40+ corporates and 15+ foundations including Gates, Mackenzie Scott, Vinod Khosla, Nandan Nilekani, Tata Trusts, Skoll, Meta, LinkedIn, HDFC, Mphasis, KPMG and LOreal, we are contributing towards a "poverty-free India, within our lifetime".

At The/Nudge you will:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for a portfolio of high-impact partners (donors, corporates, foundations, etc)
• Nurture strong, trusted relationships through regular touchpoints, joint planning, and meaningful updates.
• Support closure of renewals/upsells/cross-selling opportunities across existing partners through proposal development, donor strategy, and strategic co-creation conversations.
• Own the development of high-quality reports, presentations, and success stories for each partner.Also, Collaborate with communications teams to generate compelling content and evidence of impact.
• Work with the finance team to ensure optimal utilization of funds across programs
• Ensure timely collection of grants
• Support impactful engagements including but not limited to volunteering, leadership participation, and field visits by partners
• Work closely with various internal stakeholders such as finance, marketing, and project teams to implement high-quality delivery of the promised outcomes
• Develop and maintain dashboards/analytics on agreed-upon success metrics for partner management
• Stay abreast of sectoral trends and bring market intelligence into partner engagements.

Apply if you have:

• 6-9 years of work experience in client-facing sales/business development/fundraising, preferably in an early-stage organization
• Fast learning ability and multi-tasker
• Experience engaging with senior leaders, funders, or clients in a fast-paced environment.
• History of exceeding expectations and are target-driven
• Strong desire to make a difference by working in the not-for-profit sector
• Customer-facing experience, especially in B2B sales and business development
• Excellent time management skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication (written & oral), presentation, and stakeholder management skills
• Good command over MS office suite/design tools like Canvas, Adobe Photoshop, etc

We aspire to be an inclusive and diverse organization and encourage qualified individuals irrespective of their religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or any other dimension of identity, to apply. Please visit The/Nudge Institute career page to apply online.